poetry – Page 2 – Cat Zhang

Pillow talk

Schooling is not the same as education education – it is sacred. Here it is commodified – twisted, manipulated, thrown away with every spit bubble lazily popping at your mouth, every glazed over look you give your teacher

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Life is a real nailbiter

I don’t know why I’m not learning that when your conscience is hurting you can just go about turning your cuticles into victims. When your life is going off the rails you take it out on your nails the sad state that your violence assails red, raw, and bitten.

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Guest Post: The Conductor

You can best offensive man on the pitch The best target man You can have a thundering right leg Blazing speed And faultless technique

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You are not alone: a monologue about college decisions

People are finding out about their colleges and on one hand, I am so happy for them. But at the same time, I want to rip my hair out Because I have hallucinated 6 times today Cruelly rejected myself 3 times and Twice ecstatically accepted myself and Once cold-bloodedly deferred myself. Tomorrow seems to beContinue reading “You are not alone: a monologue about college decisions”

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A memory I never had: a poem about poems

I’m standing on a stage, and I feel a billion pairs of eyes staring intently and expectantly up at me. I’m standing on a stage, and the whispers that float around in the downtime between acts fade into non-existence as I open my mouth. I’m standing on a stage, and I’m not holding a guitarContinue reading “A memory I never had: a poem about poems”

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Intense, like no other

Intense, like running a burned finger under cold tap water Intense, like debating for 3 days straight Intense, like the way you devote your life to something unconventional knowing there are so many reasons for which it could fail, but holding on because of the one reason it might work out Intense…is the way IContinue reading “Intense, like no other”

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at night, my mind wanders

into uncharted territory it trespasses onto private property it tiptoes past safety guards protecting enforcing a barrier between what i want to feel and what i need to feel

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Happy anniversaryy

Happy first anniversary to Never Stationary! Exactly one year ago today, I stifled my self-consciousness and started this blog. A year later, I am still churning away at the press and we haven’t seemed to lose steam. Of course, my last few posts have been few and in-between, but please forgive me, as my knees areContinue reading “Happy anniversaryy”

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How we respond to failure

People handle failure differently. Some deny it Some don’t deny it, but blame it on others Some lie down, and don’t get up Some scurry away from failure Some can’t handle failure

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You you you you

I heard you From behind the column You were laughing The sound was inviting